"One of Araki's best-known and most controversial books," according to Parr and Badger writing in The Photobook: A History, vol. I. "As usual, Araki's view is that of the voracious photographer who cannot stop clicking, even when participating in the 'action himself...Even more than in his other books, he is gleefully unrestrained, the perpetual tumescent adolescent, a kid in a candy store."